--- title: "Twitter Quietly Announced NFT-Trading Integration During Elon Musk’s Takeover" description: "While everyone was agog at Elon Musk officially buying Twitter, the social network quietly announced that it would let users trade NFTs on the site." date: "2022-10-28" modified: "2022-10-28" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/twitter-nft-trading" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "NFTs" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "nfts" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Twitter Quietly Announced NFT-Trading Integration During Elon Musk’s Takeover ![While everyone was agog at Elon Musk officially buying Twitter, the social network quietly announced that it would let users trade NFTs on the site.]() *\Image: Twitter Dev / Futurism\* ## Curious Timing While the world was seemingly watching as Tesla and Space Elon Musk officially got the keys to Twitter, the social network quietly announced that it would allow users to buy and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from select marketplaces via tweets. Announced at almost the exact same time that the Musk deal went through, [Twitter said]() its "NFT Tweet Tiles" are currently being beta tested by select users and will work in tandem with the Magic Eden, Rarible, Dapper Labs, and Jump.trade marketplaces, which are all on different blockchain protocols. Per the announcement, NFT Tweet Tiles will expand links to trade on these marketplaces with larger photos of the NFTs in question, as well as information about its artist. https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1585707921433923585?s=20&t=bv659teEcWvOoB1LTqWSJw ## Expansive This new feature appears to be an expansion of other ["tweet tiles" experiments](), which allow legacy publishers like the *New York Times* and *Wall Street Journal* to have tweet cards that expand links in-app. When Twitter announced tweet tiles in August, the company said that it was meant as a door-opener for "future innovation" in the company's developer community. https://twitter.com/ashevat/status/1562862418514288640 In [a statement to *Decrypt*](), a Twitter representative noted that the new NFT feature is not yet available to all users — but once it is, it won't require a Twitter Blue subscription, which was required for NFT profile photos. The timing of the integration announcement is certainly curious, especially given that Musk has been known to [make fun of cryptocurrency]() — and [NFTs]() in particular — repeatedly on the site he now owns. In December of last year, he went so far as to [joke that they were a sign of mental illness](), and in January of this year, he said that he found Twitter's hexagonal NFT profile pic feature "[annoying]()." As with everything else related to the mercurial world's richest man, it's very much within the realm of possibility that he's changed his mind about NFTs — and we're curious to see how that will play out now that he's the owner of Twitter. **More crypto crazies:** [*Developers are Transforming the Fyre Fest Island Into an Exclusive Colony for Crypto Millionaires, Because of Course They Are*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()